I can remember reading about that, being one of the import games EGM gave a (mulit-page?) review of.
I can remember reading about that, being one of the import games EGM gave a (mulit-page?) review of.
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Strider Hiryuu - PC Engine
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New review and manual:
Bomber King - Famicom
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The Karaoke Mode can technically still be accessed in RoboWarrior (by Jaleco, not Sunsoft), if you use a PAR or an emulator with RAM-editing capability.
Though as you might guess, the karaoke screens will just be a graphics-glitch mess. It still runs, though.
@SparTonberry
Wao, thanks for the link, I didn't know the Karaoke mode was still somewhere in the Robo Warrior ROM, this is fascinating
Thanks also for pointing out the typo about Jaleco/SunSoft. As a side note, I'm still doing some research on all of this - I find really interesting that some of the staff on Bomber King is actually connected to Aicom (which, I believe, didn't exist in 1987). Did these employees later leave Hudson Soft to create/join Aicom? The Game Boy game does mention Aicom as well... to be continued
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Barunba - PC Engine
Gekisha Boy - PC Engine
ya!
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Jiro-kun no Daiboken - Super Famicom
Yo !
Actually, Spanky's Quest might have removed the map because the backgrounds were switched.
World 1 in Spanky's Quest used Jiro's tutorial world graphics, Spanky World 2 used Jiro regular World 1 graphics, etc.
(though I haven't played both all the way through myself to say for sure)
And from looking at your manual scan, I guess the evil witch's name was changed from Samantha to Morticia for some reason.
That's a really good point... but still, they could have accommodated something instead of removing the whole thing... oooooooh well..... also, the western introduction sequence always puzzled me, I wonder why it was never included in the Japanese version (or did I miss it?). Maybe they couldn't complete it on time for the original release and decided to add it to the US/European versions (both version were release at least 6 months later, right?).Originally Posted by SparTonberry
Great find about the witch's name, I didn't notice that
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Batman returns - Super Famicom
Wonder project J - Super Famicom
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Tiny Toon Adventures - Super Famicom
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It is correct that the password feature is for the easiest difficulty only (which skips much of the levels, including the bosses, and omits level 5 entirely). The higher settings expect you to finish in one sitting with limited continues.
I think the US manual actually reuses the screenshots from the JP manual (definitely the level 4 screen with the typo "BOLL ON", which was actually corrected in the Japanese game. Yes, I quickly made the obligatory Photoshop).
Level 2's auto-control section has a bug where the CPU is instructed to explicitly "push" the R button when it should've been instructed to "push" the Dash buttons (so you'll lose if you change the R button from its default setting). A bug that, from code analysis was probably only corrected in the Spanish PAL version (at least that was the case when I made a small patch to fix that in the JP, US and English PAL versions).
Lovin your site, I've found quite a few obscure gems browsing through it. It would be even better if you actually had a second reviewers' opinion. There is a whole blank space there for every game, just itching to be filled...
@SparTonberry
I believe yes. However, I didn't mention it in depth because I need to do more research - the Japanese SFC version has only two difficulty levels and both use passwords (as far as I can tell). This is interesting because, as you know, the US/EU release has three difficulty levels (Children,Normal & Challenge) - Challenge only gives you one heart and wasn't included in the SFC version... This is why it wasn't as straightforward as I thought, so I really need to do more research on this before I add the information to the site,,, awesome photoshop work by the way
I didn't know Konami fixed the bug in the Spanish PAL version, this is very interesting indeed!!!!
@FieryReign
Thank you
Alternate reviewers' opinions are really welcome!!!!! This is why the extra space on each review page is for (and some people did send me opinions in the past). Don't hesitate to contact me if you'd like to add yours, I would be delighted to include them to the site
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Detana!! Twinbee - PC Engine
Pop'n Twinbee - Super Famicom
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New review and manual:
Getsu Fuma Den - Famicom
ya!
Added guidebook scans for Gradius (FC), SectionZ (FDS) and Pop'n Twinbee (SFC).
Waooo, I can't believe that it's been a few months since my last update. Although, lateness, they say, is better than never
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Moai Kun - Famicom
ya!
Cool, great to see you updating again.
(though in the list of Konami games, Magic Sword is a Capcom game.
Thanks SparTonberry - yeah, I have tons of things going on right now, but I'll try to spend little bits of time here and there on the site. Fingers crossed.
And about Magic Sword, OMG !!!How could I do such a mistake? Thank you so much for spotting that, I'll fix it asap!!!!
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